Papa Wemba has already acted the role of musical mentor in the past. In 1976, when he had just left the band Zaïko Langa Langa, the singer found himself ... the accompanying video clip to which takes us right back to the piano-bar ambience of the 1950s.

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The death of the producer Ibrahima Sylla: Africa has lost a talent maker!

From Baobab Orchestra to Baaba Maal and from Salif Keita to Alpha Blondy, via Oumou Sangaré, Koffi Olomidé or Zaïko Langa Langa and so many other artists, African music is now mourning Ibrahima Sylla a few weeks after the death of Tabu Ley …

Audio clip ... last song is by Coss Chiwalo, who for many years was (and may still be) the bandleader of the ‘Alleluya Band’, a Malawian musical institution. He was born in 1974 and has released three solo albums. ‘Wakwatiwa’, one of his biggest ...